trouble, problem; I had plenty wahala; I had lots of trouble; This boy made wahala for me {Hausa}

waist

back, lower back My waist is paining me; I have back-pain

wait

white

wak

to eat your food with a lot vigor

wak for legedis

walk with your legs

waka

walk away

waka waka

roamy

waka waka

ashewo; prostitue

wakabout

one who enjoys walking around or walking around aimlessly

wakka

walk

wakka

walk {away}

walahi

believe me or I swear

walahi

I swear to God; believe me

walnut

nut; eaten as a snack; Tetracarpidium conophorum

wan

want

wan

to do or want to

wangara

Policeman; also see eke

want

to be about to, to be able to; The car didn't want to start

wash

celebrate

wash

to develop film So far; they didn't wash it they haven't developed it yet; to celebrate a new birth or acquisition such as a car When will you wash the car? When will you have a small celebration for your new car? {Hausa} e.g. Za mu wanke shi we will wash it, i.e. celebrate it

wash

using or celebrating a newly acquired good for the first time.

wash off

to wash out, clean off; he was washing off his dress i.e. he was cleaning his clothes

watar don pass gari

the water is more than the gari, so you can not eat it! Is used to refer to a situation gone bad.

watch night

security guard

watchnight

night watch man

watchnight

night-watchman giving way to security {man}

water don pass gari

a bad situation

water proof

plastic bags.

waterproof

plastic bag

wave

to wave at I waved him but he did not see me

wax

wax-printed decorative cloth, formerly often from Holland she went to market to buy wax also Dutch wax

waya

seriously wanting or needing food or such feeling; having a strong wish or desire.

fat {as Standard English but applied to animals} a gift of a well-fed cow

well-well

very well; You do this thing well-well; You should do it very well; Pidgin

welu welu

very well

welu welu

a word to emphasize how good something is

wen

when

werey

{Yoruba} mad, crazy, to act irrational

western baba

Western union; an international money transfer company

wet ground

gratification

wetin

what

wetin

what is

wetin de hap

whats happening; whats going on

wetin dey

whats up?; what's up?; how's it going?

wetin dey sele; way-tin day shell-eh

how are you or what is going depending on how it is used {e.g. Emeka: wetin dey sele? Ifeanyi: notin dey sele o TRANSLATION Emeka, what's up or what happened? Ifeanyi, Nothing much or nothing happened}

Whats wrong with you?! It seems like you are insane. Take your childish ways and go defuse a Boko Haram bomb

wetin do you

what's the problem with you?

wetin u dey vomit

what are u saying

wetin u no sabi

what u don't know

wey

where

wey

where is

wey u

where are u

what and what

Used when the anticipated reply includes more than one item. What and what did you buy?

What is mutation

the action or process of mutating; Mutation is a natural process that changes a DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid sequence

What of ...?

What about...? What of my feeding? What about money to pay for food?

whether

stands for if, to see if.. let us go to the office, whether he is there

whinch

a bad person

whinzy

bad- luck

whnich man

evil man

whosai

never, impossible

whot

it's a popular card game

why you dey fall my hand?

Used to describe a situation whereby another person tries to expose you or antagonize you.

wida

Whats Up

wild pumpkin

climbing plant with yellow flowers whose fruit is used as sponge; Luffa cylindrica

will

would; he will like to go to Abuja

winch

witch; a person who does juju or black magic

winchi winchi

Witches

wind

to tease or pull ones legs.

windstrap

whirlwind, tornado used in Kaduna. Locally analysed as 'wind's trap'.

winsch

a witch

winsh

a bad person, a witch

within

inside {but not in an inner room}; He is within. {i.e. he is somewhere in the building}

without

Food bought in a bukka that does not have any meat in it.

wizzo

a witch or wizard

woggly

wowo + Ugly = Woggly

wolf

hyena

woman

female the market is completely a women affair

woman lappa

When a man is easily controlled by a woman

woman wrapper

a man that is incompetent, lazy and lack ability is often compared to textile material women in some parts of africa wrap over their waist down {e.g. You be woman wrapper means you are an incompetent man}

woman wrapper

weakling {of a man}

Wonderful!

Exclamation used for a surprising event of any type. Thus on hearing of the death of a close relative it would be appropriate to say Wonderful!; calque of Hausa Mamaki!

wonderfullous

Wonderful

work-bar

commission claimed from a supercargo by the representatives of a house to which a trade belongs on every twenty puncheons of oil bought Niger Delta, archaic

working-place

work-place

worri

disturb, to disturb so; to be a worry to so, to have sorrow, to worry.

piece of food wrapped in a leaf; She gave me a wrap of moinmoin she gave me one leaf-packet of cooked bean paste

wrapper

cloth worn wrapped around the body from the waist to below the knees by males or females tie your wrapper well fix your cloth so that it stays in place

wuna

a group of people

wund

to get hurt or to hurt someone; see wound

wunjure

to wound or injure other or one's self

wuru wuru

unfaithful or deceitful

wuru wuru

not Straightforward

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